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We got a hold of Steve Teixeira, General Manager for the Partner App Experience (PAX) team in Windows, to talk to us about the PAX team and the new revenue share coming to the Microsoft store. https://aka.ms/ifdef-new-rev-shareSay "Hi" to Ste… Continue reading A new revenue share for Microsoft Store – #ifdef WINDOWS | #ifdef WINDOWS
Today, Acer announced a new notebook designed for people on-the-go, as well as several new gaming desktops and laptops powered by Windows 10 that arrive with simple, built-in Mixer streaming for low-latency, interactive moments for viewers and streamers to engage with other gamers, while Xbox Play Anywhere enables you to buy a game once and play it on both […] Continue reading Acer announces the new Swift 5 Notebook, gaming desktops and more
You use VS Code. I use VS Code. Everybody uses VS Code. And why do we love it so much? Extensions – that’s why. In this episode of 5 Things, Burke sits down with Elijah Manor to talk about 5 VS Code extensions that every developer should know about. Th… Continue reading Episode 17: Five VS Code Extensions You Should Know About | Five Things
5 Handy Tips on Getting Your Company to Sponsor Your Tech Conference Pass
1. Do your research – The earlier, the better
There are so many tech conferences (especially those focused on women/diversity in tech) out there that sometimes it’s 1) har… Continue reading Women in Tech | Getting Your Company to Sponsor Your Tech Conference Pass
Starting at 6:00 p.m. PDT today, members of the Xbox One Preview Alpha Ring will begin receiving the latest Xbox One system update (1806.180517-2122). Read on for more about the New Features, fixes and known issues in the latest 1806 system update. New Features: While anticipation for E3 continues to build for a fantastic lineup of new games for Xbox players, we’re sharing some great new features in development that will begin to roll out to Xbox Insiders today. Not all of these features will be available immediately, but will be added over time in system update 1806 (June Update). … Continue reading New Preview Alpha 1806 System Update – 5/22/18
Internationally, financial services institutions are looking to the cloud to help provide a sustainable compliance model so they can focus on improving customer experience and innovating new services. Microsoft understands the need for these institutio… Continue reading Microsoft Announces Support of Latest FISC Guidelines for Japanese Financial Institutions
It has been 10 years since Summer of Arcade started. The program could be considered the precursor to the ID@Xbox program with a series of fun new releases. To celebrate the last week of ID@Xbox Game Fest we have decided to highlight some of our favorite Summer of Arcade games and their spiritual successors and put them on sale. If you missed out on these classic favorites now is a wonderful time to play them on Xbox One. Here are a couple suggestions to get you started: Limbo (80% off) – This black and white artistic puzzle-platformer took the world by… Continue reading ID@Xbox Game Fest: Celebrating the Summer of Arcade 10-Year Anniversary
It’s easy to surround yourself with so much work that you never really take the time to look at your game from a distance. But it’s important to take a moment with the team to see how far you’ve come with the project. Now that we’re at the release date for I Hate Running Backwards, we did just that. We looked back. Our game started out as a regular arcade shoot ’em down. But that wasn’t enough. We wanted to do something different, make something new. We sat down with Damjan Mravunac from Croteam and started brainstorming on this one… Continue reading I Hate Running Backwards Comes Running to Xbox One Today